Posted December 05, 2012in Center Stage, Recent Posts
Look out Des Moines, the guys from “Triple Espresso: A Highly Caffeinated Comedy” are back on stage and ready to etch their brand of comedy in the minds and mouths of fans of all ages. This show is so full of energy, it’s sure to give you a comedy rush
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Posted December 05, 2012in Featured Story, Food Dude
HoQ is East Village’s latest fine dining hot spot. Its moniker is a shortened version of owner/chef Suman Hoque’s last name. Spelled, as it is on its logo, with only a lower case vowel, it’s also an acronym for “House of Quality,” a matrix applied in Quality Function Deployment. According
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Posted December 05, 2012in Cover Story
“I’ve never seen the music scene better.” Those encouraging words, spoken by Andy Flemming, front man for the band Brother Trucker, were a concise summation of the health of local music in Des Moines. To be sure, there are more bands now than ever, and there are more places for
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Posted December 05, 2012in Film Review
“Hyde Park on Hudson” 2 stars Rated R 94 mins. Comedy Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams If only we could see Bill Murray’s FDR hanging out with Daniel Day-Lewis’ Abraham Lincoln, then there might be…well, another mediocre life-slice movie about dead presidents. Like Day-Lewis, Murray builds his character
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Posted December 05, 2012in The Sound
Viva Montesa hardly seems like a real band. There aren’t enough members, for one thing. And don’t come talking to me about the Black Keys or White Stripes. The Keys and Stripes are the exceptions that prove the rule: Get a bassist, hippies. Then there’s the whole persona. They aren’t
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